Experiences Building a Multi-Display Mobile Application for Exploring Mirror Worlds

Author

Stirbu, Vlad ; Belimpasakis, Petros

Author_Institution

Tampere Lab., Nokia Res. Center, Tampere, Finland

fYear

2011

fDate

14-16 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper we experiment with multi-display mobile applications that can be used in an environment where multiple smart phones are co-located within the same space. Utilizing Remote User Interface techniques and the REST architectural style we propose a solution that follows the Remote Model-View-Controller model, in such a way that client devices do not need to have application specific software pre-installed. We demonstrate the system with the Panorama Bricks application, for displaying, in a multi-display expanded view, street-view style mirror-world panoramas, in a synchronized manner. The architecture proves that such enhanced application scenarios are possible to implement even today, utilizing off-the-shelf mobile smart phones.

Keywords

mobile computing; mobile handsets; software architecture; user interfaces; REST architectural style; mirror worlds; multidisplay mobile application; multiple smart phones; panorama bricks; remote model-view-controller model; remote user interface techniques; Mirrors; Mobile communication; Prototypes; Servers; Smart phones; User interfaces; Mirror Worlds; Multi-Display; REST; Remote UI;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies (NGMAST), 2011 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cardiff

ISSN

2161-2889

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1080-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NGMAST.2011.11

Filename

6082007